Fatih Karagümrük
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Fatih Karagümrük is a football club in Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

. The side currently plays in the TFF Third League
TFF Third League
TFF Third League or TFF 3. Lig , is the fourth level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in 2001-02 season as a continuation of then third level division Turkish Third Football League. 2010–11 is the 10th season of the league...

, having been relegated in the 2007–2008 season.

Karagümrük fans are known for their violent behaviour. Their biggest rivals are Kasımpaşa
Kasimpasa S.K.
Kasımpaşa Spor Kulübü is a Turkish football club located in Istanbul, Turkey. They play their home games in the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium. The club was founded in 1921 as Altıntuğ. They played in the Istanbul First League between 1939–1945 and 1946–1959. The club was promoted to the Turkish...

, Zeytinburnu
Zeytinburnuspor
Zeytinburnu SK is a Turkish sports club based in Istanbul, Turkey.They hold the record for worst performance in First League history in the 96/97 season, losing 27 in 34 matches, 5 draws and 2 wins, success percentage was just 13.2%. They played First League between 1989-1991, 1993-1995 and 1996-1997...

 and Eyüp
Eyüpspor
Eyüpspor is the football team of Istanbul district Eyüp. Team colours are lavender and yellow. They play at the 2,500 capacity Eyüp Stadı. Eyüp fans have strong rivalry with Fatih Karagümrük and Beykoz 1908 fans and this causes big riots during the matches between those two teams...

. They also have strong relationship with the Beşiktaş fans. Karagümrük relegated to Amateur Level twice despite 2-1 winning Anadolu Üsküdar at away match in 2009.

League participations

First Level: 1958–1963, 1983–1984

Second Level: 1963–1969, 1980–1983, 1984–1988, 1989–1992, 2004–2005

Third Level: 1969–1980, 1988–1989, 1992–1997, 2000–2001, 2002–2004, 2005–2008

Fourth Level: 2001–2002, 2008–2009

Amateur Level: 1997–2000, 2009-

Famous former players

  • Kadri Aytaç
  • Ahmet Berman
  • İsmail Kurt
  • Naci Erdem
  • Tarık Kutver
  • Ahmet Karlıklı
  • Aydın Yelken
  • Hayrettin Çağlar
  • Rıza Tuyuran
  • Abdülkerim Durmaz
  • Mehmet Ekşi
  • Deniz Harmanci
  • Ömer Kaner
  • Mohammed Khalif
  • Oktay Derelioğlu
    Oktay Derelioglu
    Oktay Derelioğlu is Turkish former international footballer. Derelioğlu played as a forward and is notable for his goal against Belgium during the qualifying rounds of the 1998 FIFA World Cup...

  • Serdar Topraktepe
    Serdar Topraktepe
    Serdar Topraktepe is a Turkish footballer who currently plays for Turkish Super League side Kocaelispor. He can play as a striker or as a left sided winger. He wears the jersey number 41, which is also the license plate for Kocaeli. His excellent displays in 2007-08 season for Kocaelispor helped...

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